TY - JOUR
T1 - A validation of the Japanese adaptation of the Big Five Inventory-2
AU - Yoshino, Shinya
AU - Shimotsukasa, Tadahiro
AU - Oshio, Atsushi
AU - Hashimoto, Yasuhiro
AU - Ueno, Yuki
AU - Mieda, Takahiro
AU - Migiwa, Ifu
AU - Sato, Tatsuya
AU - Kawamoto, Shizuka
AU - Soto, Christopher J.
AU - John, Oliver P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 Yoshino, Shimotsukasa, Oshio, Hashimoto, Ueno, Mieda, Migiwa, Sato, Kawamoto, Soto and John.
PY - 2022/10/14
Y1 - 2022/10/14
N2 - The purpose of this study was to adapt a Japanese version of the Big Five Inventory-2 (BFI-2-J) to examine its factor structure, reliability, validity, and measurement invariance. The BFI-2-J assesses five domains and 15 facets of the Big Five personality traits. We analyzed two datasets: 487 Japanese undergraduates and 500 Japanese adults. The results of the principal component analysis and confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the domain-facet structure of the BFI-2-J was similar to that of other language versions. The reliability of the BFI-2-J is sufficient. The correlation coefficients between the BFI-2-J and the other Big Five and self-esteem measures supported convergent and discriminant validity. Moreover, we confirmed measurement invariance across age and sex groups in domain-level and facet-level models. The results suggest that the BFI-2-J is a good instrument for measuring the Big Five personality traits and their facets in Japan. The BFI-2-J is expected to be useful in Japanese personality research and international comparative research.
AB - The purpose of this study was to adapt a Japanese version of the Big Five Inventory-2 (BFI-2-J) to examine its factor structure, reliability, validity, and measurement invariance. The BFI-2-J assesses five domains and 15 facets of the Big Five personality traits. We analyzed two datasets: 487 Japanese undergraduates and 500 Japanese adults. The results of the principal component analysis and confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the domain-facet structure of the BFI-2-J was similar to that of other language versions. The reliability of the BFI-2-J is sufficient. The correlation coefficients between the BFI-2-J and the other Big Five and self-esteem measures supported convergent and discriminant validity. Moreover, we confirmed measurement invariance across age and sex groups in domain-level and facet-level models. The results suggest that the BFI-2-J is a good instrument for measuring the Big Five personality traits and their facets in Japan. The BFI-2-J is expected to be useful in Japanese personality research and international comparative research.
KW - BFI
KW - Big Five personality
KW - facet
KW - non-WEIRD
KW - personality measurement
KW - personality structure
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U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.924351
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.924351
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85140919823
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 13
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
M1 - 924351
ER -